(a) All city taxes adopted pursuant to this subchapter, § 26-75-501 et seq., or § 26-75-601 et seq., which are in effect on December 1, 1981, shall remain in full force and effect and are not repealed by the provisions of § 26-75-201 et seq., except as to the administration, collection, enforcement, and operation of the tax as specifically set out in § 26-75-201 et seq.
(b) It is recognized by the General Assembly that several municipalities such as North Little Rock, Siloam Springs, Mountain Home, Conway, Caddo Valley, and others have enacted a sales and use tax pursuant to this subchapter. It is the intent of the General Assembly to affirm the validity of sales and use taxes adopted and enacted by those municipalities. It is provided further that for city sales and use taxes adopted pursuant to these statutes, the procedures for repeal and enforcement as set out in § 26-75-201 et seq., shall be applicable to any such tax adopted by any city pursuant to them.